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So you’re saying they would rather be poor just as long as they can avoid tourists?
by dinoapple 2y ago
So you’re saying they would rather be poor just as long as they can avoid tourists?
- Arnt 2y agoPoor isn't quite the right term for Åland.
- coldtea 2y agoThey'd rather be whatever they want to be, including poor (or merely poorer-than-with-tourism), if they can avoid tourists. Being offered more money isn't a "bend-over-and-take-it" proposition unless one allows it to be. People can choose any number of things over it.
- Arnt 2y agoThere are tourists there. Waiting some tourists doesn't have to mean wanting any and all. On the island where I was born (not Åland), they recently placed some large boulders to block access to a beach where penny-pinchers liked to park their camper vans for free. Good riddance.
- veeti 2y agoÅland is where the rich Finnish-Swede elites live. It's a small club and you are not invited.